Colours
Phil Collins

Deep inside the border
Children are crying
Fighting for food
Holding their heads
Breaking their bread with a stone

All along the roadside
People are standing
Watching the sun
Shielding their eyes
Brushing the flies from their face

Tell me, what can you say?
Tell me, who do you blame?
Like a mirror you see yourself
These people each have a name

All around the township
Young men are dying
Of hunger and thirst
The well has run dry
The tears from her eye feeds her son

Now tell me, what can you say?
Tell me, who do you blame?
Like a mirror you see yourself
These people each have a name

You can say you're pulling back
We see the pictures everywhere
But what we don't see is
What's going on behind the closed doors
You don't seem to care

Do you expect me to believe you?
How can you really think?
But you can take your horse down to the water
Hold a gun at his head
And make him drink

No matter what you say
(No matter what you say)
It never gets any better
No matter what you do
(No matter what you do)
We never see any change

People living without rights
Without their dignity
But how loud does one man have to shout
To earn his right to be free?

You can keep your toy soldiers
To segregate the black and white
But when the dust settles
And the blood stops running
How do you sleep at night?

No matter what you say
(No matter what you say)
It never gets any better
No matter what you do
(No matter what you do)
We never see any change
No matter what you say
(No matter what you say)
It never gets any better
No matter what you do
(No matter what you do)
We never see any change

What makes you so high and mighty?
What makes you so qualified?
You can sit there and say
How many have their freedom?
But how many more died?

You decide to sit in judgement
Trying to play God yourself
Ooh but someday soon the buck is gonna stop
Stop with you and no one else

No matter what you say
(No matter what you say)
It never gets any better
No matter what you do
(No matter what you do)
We never see any change
No matter what you say
(No matter what you say)
It never gets any better
No matter what you do
(No matter what you do)
We never see any change


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Lyrics by Phil Collins

  "We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)"   (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave   (Love Is Like A) Heatwave   A Groovy Kind Of Love   A Wondrous Place   Agains All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)   Against All Odds   Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)   Against All Odds [DVD Video]   Against All Odds [DVD]   Against All Odds [Instrumental]   Against All Odds [Take a Lookat Me Now]   Ain't That Peculiar   All of My Life   Always   Always (Live)   Amazing Journey [DVD]   Another Day In Paradise   Another Day in Paradise [DVD]   Behind the Lines   Big Noise   Big Noise [Instrumental]   Blame It On The Sun   Both Sides Of The Story   Butch   Can't Find My Way   Can't Hurry Love   Can't Stop Loving You   Can't Turn Back The Years   Can't Find My Way   Can't Stop Loving You   Can't Turn Back The Years   Captain Planet Theme Song   Come with Me   Dance Into The Light   Do I Love You   Do You Know, Do You Care   Do You Know, Do You Care?   Do You Remember   Do You Remember?   Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore   Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore   Don't Call Me Ashley   Don't Get Me Started   Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away   Don't Let Him Steel Your Heart Away   Don't Lose My Number   Don't Lose My Number (12 Mix)   Don't Get Me Started   Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away   Don't Lose My Number   Driving Me Crazy   Droned   Easy Lover   Easy Lover [DVD]   En Marcha Estoy   En Mi Corazón Viviras   En Mi Corazon Viviras (Tarzan)   Every Breath You Take [DVD Video]   Everyday   Eyesight to the Blind [DVD]   Father to Son   Find a Way to My Heart   For A Friend   Girl   Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)   Going Back   Going Back [Video]   Going To A Go Go   Going To A Go-Go   Great Spirits   Groovy Kind Of Love   Groovy Kind of Love [DVD]   Hand In Hand   Hang in Long Enough   Hang in Long Enough (2016 Remastered)   Hang in Long Enough [DVD]   Hang In Love Enough   Heat On the Street   Hero   High Flying Angel   Hijo de Hombre   Hold On My Heart   Home   I Can't Find My Way   I Can't Stop Loving You   I Cannot Believe It's True   I Cannot Believe It's True   I Don't Care Anymore   I Don't Wanna Know   I Don't Want To Go   I Don't Care Anymore   I Don't Wanna Know   I Don't Want To Go   I Don’t Want To Go   I Like The Way   I Missed Again   I Wish It Could   I Wish It Would Rain Down   I'm Not Moving   I've Been Trying   I've Forgotten Everything   I'm Not Moving   I've Been Trying   I've Forgotten Everything   If Leaving Me Is Easy   In My Lonely Room   In The Air Tonight   In The Air Tonight (plus Three Songs From Led Zepp...   In The Air Tonight (plus Three Songs From Led Zepp...   In Too Deep   Inside Out   Invisible Touch   It Doesn't Matter To Me   It Don't Matter To Me   It Don’t Matter To Me   It's In Your Eyes   It's Not Too Late   It's Over   It's Over (Demo Version)   It's Over (Home Demo)   It's In Your Eyes   It's Not Too Late   It's Over   It’s In Your Eyes   It’s Over   Its Not Too Late   Jimmy Mack   Just Another Story   Least You Can Do   Like China   Long Long Way to Go   Look Through My Eyes   Lorenzo   Love Is Here & Now You're Gone   Love Is Here And Now You're Gone   Love Is Like A Heatwave   Love Police   Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever   Moves Like an Ape, Looks Like A Man   My Girl   My Girl (Live)   Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer   No Matter Who   No Son Of Mine   No Way Out   No Way Out (Single Version)   No Way Out (Theme from Brother Bear)   Nowhere To Run   On My Way   One More Night   Only You Know and I Know   Only You Know and I Know (12" Mix)   Only You Know And I Know (Extended Version)   Oughta Know By Now   Our Family   Papa Was A Rolling Stone   Pinball Wizard [DVD]   Please Come out Tonight   Rad Dudeski   River So Wide   Saturday Night And Sunday Morning   Separate Lives   Separate Lives (Live)   Separate Lives [DVD]   Seperate Lives   So Ein Mann   Some Of Your Lovin'   Something About You   Something Happend On The Way To Heaven   Something Happened On The Way To Heaven   Somethings Happened On The Way   Somewhere   Son of Man   Sparks [DVD]   Standing In The Shadows Of Love   Strangers Like Me   Survivors   Sussudio   Sussudio (12" Mix)   Swing Low   Take A Look At Me Now   Take a look through my eyes   Take Me Down   Take Me Home   Take Me Home (Extended Version)   Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)   Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me For A Little While)   Take Me With You   Talkin About My Baby   Tarzan   Tarzan - Strangers Like Me   Tearing And Breaking   Tears Of A Clown   Testify   That's All   That's How I Feel   That's Just The Way It Is   That's What You Said   That's All   That's How I Feel   That's Just The Way It Is   That's What You Said   That� Just The Way It Is   That’s What You Said   The Acid Queen [DVD]   The Gorillas   The Least You Can Do   The Living Years   The Man With The Horn   The Roof Is Leaking   The Same Moon   The Thrill Is Gone   The Times Are A-Changin'   The Times They Are A-Changin'   The Times They Are A-Changin'   The Way You Look Tonight   The Way You Look Tonight (Live)   The Way You Look Tonight [DVD]   The West Side   There's A Place For Us   There's A Place For Us   This Love This Heart   This Must Be Love   Through My Eyes   Thru My Eyes   Thru These Walls   ThruMy Eyes   Thug Mentality   Thunder & Lightning   Thunder And Lightening   Thunder and Lightning   Tommorrow Never Knows   Tomorrow Never Knows   Transformation   Trashin The Camp (feat. *NSync)   Trashin' the Camp   Trashin' The Camp (Phil And 'n Sync Version)   Trashin' The Camp   True Colors   True Colours   Two Hearts   Two Worlds   Two Worlds (Phil Version)   Two Worlds Finale   Two Worlds Reprise   Uptight   Uptight (Everything's Alright)   Wake Up Call   Way You Look Tonight [Live]   We Fly so Close   We Said Hello Goodbye   We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)   We Wait and We Wonder   We're Sons Of Our Fathers   We're Sons Of Our Fathers   Wear My Hat   Welcome   Welcome [From Brother Bear]   Who Said I Would   Who Said I Would (12 Mix)   Who Said I Would (Extended Version)   Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning   Why Can't It Wait 'till Morning   Why Can't It Wait 'till Morning   Wish It Would Rain Down   You Can't Hurry Love   You Can't Hurry Love   You Keep Me Hangin' On (Bonus Track)   You Know What I Mean   You Touch My Heart   You'll Be In My Heart   You'll Be In My Heart (Full Version)   You'll Be In My Heart (Phil Version)   You'll Be In My Heart (Tarzan Soundtrack)   You've Been In Love   You've Been In Love (That Little Bit Too Long)   You'll Be In My Heart   You've Been In Love

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